On the recordJune 22, 2016
the third is forbidding Medicare patients to receive home health care until they are completely homebound, even if they are terribly ill and it would be appropriate to deliver home health care.
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Senator Whitehouse criticizes a rule that delays home health care for seriously ill patients.
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